Design for a Wall Elevation with Double Doors (Fifth Floor)

Mewès and Davis|Charles-Frédéric Mewès|Arthur Joseph Davis

ca. 1900–1914 · Watercolor over graphite · Drawings and Prints

Design for a period style wall elevation with double doors in the center. Both the doors and the wall panels are decorated with grotesques in the style of Antoine Watteau and Francois Boucher. In the larger panels flanking the doors a female figure forms the central focus of the decorations. Below the wall elevation part of the floor is also depicted.

Artist

Mewès and Davis|Charles-Frédéric Mewès|Arthur Joseph Davis

Date

ca. 1900–1914

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976